Icebergs around Cape York, Greenland, which is considered part of the Arctic Circle even if it’s not quite the North Pole. The hole was caused by weathering effects – erosion by waves, wind and melting. Photo #2 by Mila Zinkova

This photo was taken near a town called Nes in the Nenets Autonomous District in Northwest Russia. Nenets people are indigenous people in Russia that live in the Arctic region. Think of what it would be like to open your door and see reindeer in the morning. Photo #3 by Julia Vishnevets via Windows to the Universe

A Muskoxen is an Arctic mammal believed to be a survivor or the Pleistocene period and to have migrated to North America between 200,000 and 90,000 years ago. Photo #4 by USFWS

Mosaic of the Arctic — North Pole. On June 30, 2011 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite made multiple passes over the Arctic, capturing a true-color image of the summer lands and sea-ice near the North Pole on each pass. Individual images were then pieced together to create a large mosaic of the area, which gives a broader, circumpolar, view that would not be possible with individual images. Photo #13 by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

View of a total solar eclipse on Earth above the Arctic as seen from NASA’s Terra satellite. It covered the Arctic Ocean, northern Norway, and northwest Russia. The affected area was dark for two minutes during the eclipse. Satellite path was nearly perpendicular to the eclipse. Photo #18 by NASA Terra satellite

April 1909 Peary Sledge Party and Flags at the North Pole. Pictured are (left to right): Ooqueh, holding the Navy League flag; Ootah, holding the D.K.E. fraternity flag; Matthew Henson, holding the polar flag; Egingwah, holding the D.A.R. peace flag; and Seeglo, holding the Red Cross flag. Photo #26 by Robert Edwin Peary

This image shows the Arctic. The North Pole is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Ocean is surrounded by Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Russia. The ocean is about 13,123 feet (4,000 meters) deep. Although it is an ocean, it is water you can walk on. There are 2-3 meter thick ice floes floating on the water at the North Pole. In summer the temperatures are near 0 centigrade and there is light. In winter the temperature is about -30 centigrade and it is dark. Photo #30 by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Panorama of the small settlement Naajaat in North-West Greenland. The Greenland ice sheet is seen to the upper left. Photo #31 by Kim Hansen

Ever wondered what reindeer do the rest of the year after Christmas Eve? This one is vacationing in Finnmark in the summer. Photo #32 by oh contraire

In this mosaic of the Arctic, the polar ice cap appears blue-white, while the ice covering land appears bright white. The ice of Greenland, in the lower left (southwest), is especially bright. Clouds also appear bright white, and can be difficult to separate from ice in true-color images. Most of the clouds in this image appear in billowing swirls, while ice tends to be smoother. This can only be confirmed in the false-color images that were also generated by MODIS that same day. Photo #42 by NASA / GSFC / Jeff Schmaltz / MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

Beautiful clear summer day over the North Pole. You can see ice covering most of the Arctic Ocean with a few leads of open water (dark) starting to open up. If you look very close you can follow the Lena River upstream from the Arctic Ocean all the way to Lake Baikal. Much of the Middle East was clear and you can trace spectacular swirl patterns of folded rock layers through Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. These mountains formed as the Eurasian and Arabian tectonic plates collided. AP: Arabian Peninsula; CS: Caspian Sea; H: Himalayan Mountains; L: Lena River; I: Indian Ocean; A: Australia; J: Japan; P: Pacific Ocean; large yellow arrow indicates approximate position of the North Pole. Photo #44 by NASA / Goddard / Arizona State University

“Earthrise” over the lunar horizon was taken by the Apollo 8 crew in December 1968, showing Earth for the first time as it appears from deep space. Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders had become the first humans to leave Earth orbit, entering lunar orbit on Christmas Eve. In a historic live broadcast that night, the crew took turns reading from the Book of Genesis, closing with a holiday wish from Commander Borman: “We close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you — all of you on the good Earth.” Photo #45 by NASA

Amazing. Thanks to all that ventured out and took these marvelous pictures. And thank you to the person that uploaded these so the world may enjoy them as well. 🙂 I can’t express how much I marveled at them.